Pupils listen to an illustrated description of main episodes Columbus life which they then sequence from the jumbled images provided before creating a whole-class talking timeline of Columbus’ life using time connectives to make it flow well.
Learning objectives
- Pupils can sequence at least 5 significant events in his life
- Pupils can select appropriate connectives to link events in time e.g.After, next, then, later, soon.
Step 1
Tell the story of Columbus life using the 15 illustrated slides on the PowerPoint to help provide a structure.
Step 2
To secure pupils’ understanding of the narrative, you might like to use 
this short animated film in which modern day children as presenters interview Columbus. Although this was designed for KS2 pupils, because it follows your detailed story telling, most pupils should benefit from it.
Step 3
To consolidate pupils’ understanding ask them to work in small groups of four
